Raindrops keep falling on the head...

It's raining dogs and cats the whole day. I wonder what happens to those destitutes and homeless? Are they sheltered from the pouring rain? Have they eaten their first meal?
At the same time, my mind also wonders to the land of Angkor Wat... Are the tourists visiting angkor wat these few days? Will there be visitors for the poor children to sell their ware this week? In angkor wat, there are many poor children selling souvenirs, post cards and local ware to the tourists. They depend on these meagre income to help support the family; they will be there after school. There are also surviving land-mine victims in musical groups playing local instruments by the roadside. They depend on the tourists for a dime or two. With the torrendous rain through the week, my heart goes out to them...
My trip to Cambodia was an eye opener. At the border checkpoint between Thailand and Cambodia, i saw real poverty that made my heart ache. i almost cried and i could felt the tear in my eyes. i believed all of us in the group felt the same as there was a sudden silence around us - we were startled by what we saw. There were beggars everywhere and there were bullock carts as huge as vans being pulled by small-built improvished people instead of bull as the name implies. They probably earned as little as US$1 a day, we were told.
As we moved away from the checkpoint, we were given another lesson on humanity - Some 100 metre away, there were contrasting modern casino resorts and buildings, probably 4 star hotels with free limousines for the guests to travel from one resort to another (see picture above). Of course, these are not meant for the locals unless they are rich enough. The poors subsist on US$1 or 2 a day.
The sunset in angkor wat was breathtakingly beautiful as well as the scenery of the world second largest lake in Siam Reap. I also enjoyed my visit to Angkor Wat - the seven wonder of the world.
The people in Siam Reap are surprisingly nice and warm. Hygiene level is high for a third world country - the toilets are clean. In all the places that we have visited, the toilets were better maintained than our public toilets. In a restaurant, the toilets were filled with relaxing aroma of essential oil.
In a nutshell, I have certainly learned something from the trip, not just watching the sunset. Well, What is my thought then? I've seen real life in a third world country and I can feel corruption although I do not actually witness one. Corruption along with nepotism are the evils that ruin a society and the people in it, especially in a third world developing country where the gap between the have and have-on is gulf apart. I wish that there is good government in every country in the world. Rule of law, equality, justice and fairness are the virtue of the day. Civil service is operated by righteous and patriotic officials who will in turn maintain and upkeep the just and fair policies laid down in the constitution. This way, poverty could be quickly eradicated as the country develops... Oop! This is me in serious mood again! Better stop before another politican is born! Ha ha!